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Senate Bill 432 (“SB 432” or the “Bill”), taking effect on January 1, 2022, makes changes and provides clarification to homeowners’ associations’ election procedures and director candidate qualifications. First and foremost, the Bill resolves deadline conflicts with regards to recall elections caused by SB 323 which took effect on January 1, 2020. Generally, recall elections are called by a petition of the members, to which Corporations Code §7511(c) requires associations to hold recall elections no Read more…

Managing association funds and maintaining association insurance are two important responsibilities the Board of Directors (“Board”), along with the association’s management company, must undertake. AB 1101 was recently passed and signed into law by Governor Newsom and became operative January 1, 2022. This new legislation requires the association’s managing agent to change the way association funds are deposited and maintained and requires the association to add additional insurance coverage to its books. These changes, including Read more…

On October 7, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 392 (“SB 392”) into law. Roseman Law has received several requests to provide additional information on how SB 392 impacts community associations. This article provides a brief overview of SB 392 and important considerations regarding how associations provide their members with documents via general and individual delivery. What Topic Does SB 392 Cover? SB 392 mandates that an association shall deliver a document in Read more…

Senate Bill 391 was passed in response to the state and federal emergency declarations and prohibitions on in-person gatherings which forced most associations to move their board and membership meetings to virtual platforms in 2020.  Over a year-and-a-half after the Covid-19 pandemic first caused us to change our ways of life and doing business, virtual meetings have become commonplace for many community associations. SB 391 amends provisions of the Davis-Stirling Act to permit associations to Read more…

As most of you probably already know, a new law went into effect in January regarding rental restrictions. In general terms, the new law only allows associations to prohibit short term rentals of thirty days or less, and to enforce a cap on rentals of twenty-five percent or more of the units in the association, and that’s about it. As for the timing, all associations were required to fully comply with this new law as Read more…

There was a bill that went into effect last year which allowed communities containing 6,000 or more units to take advantage of a process known as “Election by Acclamation”. For those unfamiliar with that term, it essentially means that if you have an uncontested election where you have the same number of candidates running for election as there are open seats, then you already know the outcome of the election and don’t need to go Read more…